Bracelet.



G. THMMER. BRAGELET. APPLIOATION FILED JUH15,1912.

wu@ x do@ 56k/@ mi] attorney v Patented Deaf 24, 1912.

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BRAC ELET.

Lit/118,234.

Specification of Letters latent.

mimmo non. 2i, 191.2.

Application leil .Tune 5, 1912. Serial ilay'l.

To all 'whomy it may conf/"rn Re it known that l, (luna lnonnini7 n citizen ot' Germany, ressiiliinf nt, New York citypcount-y oit Queens. mnt Stute ot New York', hure invei'itetl u nrw und l'inprofeil Bracelet, of which the` following its :i npeoitiou t ion. v

lhiS invention relntes to nu e'xpunsihlo hrnrelot o'linoi'el eoinitruetion. the units oiE whiih nuiy he roniiily :nexenihleil .finrl nre not, lnhle to heoonie lig-plowed hiring the ex- ,pnnsion or eontrzietion oi' thev lirueelet.

ln the ueeoiin'iuiiying (ironing: Figure l is :i theo View olE n ln'zieelet einhoilyiingl in): invention; liig. i! n lonrfgituiliiuil seution hin'. i", n .Qiniihir fiertion taken ntright :inglesi to Fig. 2; Fig. f-l in enhirefed cross section on lino lm-'L Fig. 3, und Fig. T on enlarged peri'ntftive 'View of one ot' tinte-inner linksn showing; itbefore being enihoiliel into the luznelet.

The lnueelet oinponwl of n series of outer links l() unil :i ,serien ot sprin}-inllueneeil inner links ll thut Herve to )'iehlingily connect the outer linko. l'ineh ot` 'thi` outer links l() is eoinposeil ot n puh of .np-(weil cheeks or sitio pieces whit-h nre ronneetifii :it ouch oud hy u pin lil nnilll. rio ns to torin' nn oblong: unit. Thia: unit while eloneil ut its sitios i5 openfut. thotop unil liottoin nini is piot'eruhly ot' iurveil t'orin to oon'torni to the `Qhnpe ot' the uini. lilut'h inner link ll also eoinprinevi un olilonf; nuit. whiih in vont-- posoil of :L puir ot 5pm-eil rin-nhs. n, puir otrouniletl einhi, :unl :i plir ot lugs ll oxt'enit ingr troni one of Stihl cuits'. The ilistunio lnL tween the two outer .tuies ot' therio lugs nt their junction with the` link is equal sulstnnt'inlly to the ilistzinre lietnwen the two outer-sides of the link, So that when extentiing torwnril, tho lugs (lo not project, luterolly hoi/ond the, .link (Fig. 5). liinkii ll uri` ol` :i size to lie-,strinhlleil hy link` .t0 :intl lnixe 'n curvature, eorrespoinliinl to that otl the hitter. The #heel-is of links ll extenil however ut right nng'less to those ot links l0, so that they'forin the suhtunve of the outer :uni inner faces ot' the eoinpleteil hrzneetet, whilo'the .hitter torni the right ntlil loft. sitios thereof. Each link il. enconipnsses the pin l), of ono link ll within which it is honseil und projects slightly lieyoinl Suhl pin to snugly encompass with its pri'itruilinn enil the pin 13 ot' the adjoining7 link. Within erich set ot` enacting links 10, l1, there is neeonunotlntei'l n spiral spring 15one @ncl of n'hioh enters u. Socket ut the inner end 0f link l'1,\\'hih` the other enfl benin against, pin

l2 of its encompassing link l0. the Springs thus teni'liing to tlrnw links 11 into links 10 60 und to thus eontrnet. the hitte' around the wrist, The. inner end of each link 1l. is provitleil with the lugs 144 heroinhefore nientionetl which in the linisahetl bracelet are heut ontwui'illy nt right :ingles sind enguge 65 grooved wnys '1G formed on the inner inves of links l0. ln this way links 1l are guided hy hun: lftl nnil pins l2 along links l0 during the expnnsion or contraction of the bracelet.,

so that ull purts permanently retain their proper rehitive ponitiion.

Before nsisenihlinig the partis, the inner link?. lil hure the Shop@ Shown in Fig. 5.` Thot ifi to soy the outei` rounded end of euch link is split; nslnt 1T, whilehoth lugs il 75 iii-:tonni toi'uurrlly the outer fu/es of the lugs lining tlunh with the Hides of the link. The link thun loi-ined is; projiuitoil with its split enel oi'erwL 'pin lf2 ot` one link l() :intl uloo over the pin lil ot :1 second link itl, the first 80 uninet] link i0 being tho tino that untiinz'itelyy homesl link lt. t-`-litV 17 is soldered up, link ll is tilteil out ot" link ttl, spring l153 is introiluoeil into link tl7 the hitter is tilted hack into it1 no1-nml position und the lugs 14 are 35 lientr siile'u'it-ze hy :i suitable tool to engage thi'` u'uvs lt of link lt). The above operation' is repented until the entire ln'n'eolet is put togillill.

'lhe lruwiuirf shows; the bracelet provided 90 A with un inunoi'nhh oentrnl inernher 18, 'from opposite. ities of which project u pair of inner links ll. slirlnhly engaging with their tree ends :i puir of outer links l0. By this construetion, the bracelet, expands und conl trzn'ts 't'igun 'this rentrnl member in like inunnrr towurd hoth ends. so that n harmonious etl'eet. i5 olitnineil. The iree ends of the hrzuelet nre nliownto Curry n wuteh 19, but it 'is obvious tlnit the imention may be np- 100 pliei'l to lirznfeletr; other thun Watch bracelets.

lt will he Seen thatv the bracelet con strueteil as (leserihetl is of nent appearance, muy he Areadily put together, is freely oxpunsihlo unil that its units will nt ull times umintinin their true relative position. SO also when rinniirs are to be nunlc, lugsli muy he readily bent forward to bec-omo dis- 'I 'ooved outer linke` :e lumlitv 0f innerengaged freni weys'G and permit the inner l the outer link, the distance' between the links t() be tilted, so that the springs l5 can outer faces Of the lugs :it their junction with be retrieved and replaced. f the inner link being eql1al-sulistantially to I claim: f Y the distance between the outer faces of said A bracelet comprising a plurality of link.

CARL TROMMER.

links cenneeing adjoining* outer links, each l/Vitnesses: inner link 'being provided at (meuf its ends FRAXK v. BRIESEN, with a pair of bendable lugs xvliiehengagge i KATHERYNE KOCH. 

